28- The Idol of Money: Breaking a Scarcity Mindset and Learning to Give Before You Feel Ready

As entrepreneurs, it’s so easy to say our hope is in God while we're actually clinging to the next project or client. In this episode, I share how our early years of being completely broke planted a deep scarcity mindset in me. For years I told myself, “When we’re finally stable, then I’ll be generous,” and that moment never seemed to come. God has been using this last uncertain year to completely rework how I see money, provision, and what it means to live open-handed right now, not “someday.”Episode HighlightsHow early financial struggle planted a “never enough” mindset. Why “I’ll be generous when…” kept me stuck. What the widows in 1 Kings 17 and Mark 12 teach about giving from lack. Trusting God as Provider vs. trusting your business model or lead-gen system.How God has used one of my most financially uncertain seasons to change my heartChoosing to become an open vessel God can pour throughScriptures Referenced1 Kings 17:7–16 – Elijah and the widow whose flour and oil did not run out.Mark 12:41–44 – The widow’s mite and giving “all she had to live on.”Romans 12:2 – Being transformed by the renewing of our mind.Matthew 22:37–39 – The greatest commandments: love God and love people.Resources & LinksLearn more at ClearAuthenticBrands.comRelated EpisodesEp 20- Idols in Entrepreneurship and Putting God FirstEp 21- When Your Business Becomes An IdolEp 22- How Hustle Became An Idol In My LifeEp 23- When Control Becomes An IdolEp 24- When Approval Becomes An IdolEp 25- When Advice Becomes An IdolEp 26- When Pride Becomes An IdolEp 27- When Ambition Becomes An Idol